[Tagging] Mapping hotels on buildings or areas around buildings

[Michal Fabík]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Janko Mihelić <janjko at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> should only the hotel buildings be tagged with tourism=hotel or the whole
> area that is owned by the hotel?
>
> I think if the hotel doesn't have more than one building, and if the hotel
> grounds are not very big, or if they are accessible by public, only the
> building gets tagged. But if there are more buildings, outside pool and/or
> parks accesible only by guests, we might consider tagging an area around
> those buildings.
>
> Does this thinking align with most mappers?

Hi,
I don't recall the last time I tagged a hotel but that's how I would
to it. Actually, the wiki page for buildings confirms this:
building=hotel: "A building designed with separate rooms available for
overnight accommodation. Normally used in conjunction with
tourism=hotel for the hotel grounds including recreation areas and
parking." (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building#Values)

Regards,

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Michal Fabík